(2D - Kong Studios)

The sky was dark with storm clouds threatening to rain. Lightening stuck and thunder sounded every once in a while shaking the building in it's bellow. 2D glanced wistfully out the window as he dragged on his cigarette. He missed talking to Murdoc, truth be told. But he knew that Russel was pissed at him, and Russ was his only means to be safe from physical pain. If he left Russel's side, he was just begging to be put into a body bag.

Murdoc was gone again, he knew that much, he'd seen him in the car park earlier.

2D was surprised he even thought about stepping out there, and he was also surprised that Murdoc didn't notice him.

The car park was like something out of 'Tales from the Crypt' and 2D took all measures to avoid it at all costs. He kept bolt locks on his door for fear that demons and other creatures would come in his room,because unfortunately for him, his door led straight out into the car park. It was always dark and the door to drive into it had been long closed, due to zombie infestations and to keep them out. That was another story.

Taking one last drag,he stood up and stubbed the cigarette in an empty pill bottle and flung himself back into his bed. He hoped that Murdoc would come back alright, and he would come back with Noodle this time, safe and sound...

(Murdoc - Hell)

The first thing that yanked him to consciousness was the heat. The heat just pushed against his body as he laid there. As he opened his eyes everything was a blur of red and orange. He could taste blood in the back of his throat as he coughed. Moving his shoulder he immediately wished he hadn't as pain shot through his arm. He sat up and gripped it tightly and sucked in air through his teeth. His eyes widened as he saw what he was lying in front of. He was just an inch away from the lake of fire. He could see all of the damned souls crying out for a helping hand just to be dragged to the bottom again. He swallowed and slid back as a hand came out of the fire and nearly grabbed his boot.

Blinking away sweat he got to his feet and examined his shoulder. It was dislocated, he knew that much cause every time he moved it, pain reminded him not to. He looked up to see if he could see the ladder but smoke obstructed the view of everything. He coughed trying to clear his lungs as he sat back down in the red sand. How he survived that fall amazed him, come to think of it, he wouldn't know if he was dead or not, he was in the place where he would be sent. He put his hand to his chest and winced as he touched his bruising ribs. Yeah, he was alive. He grimaced grabbing a hold of his shoulder and doing the unthinkable, and screamed in pain.

(Noodle - Hell)

She suppressed coughs that tried to escape her chest as the demons slept soundly in front of her. She would pay if she were to wake them up, and that just wasn't an option. She didn't dare move a muscle for fear that the chains would rattle and awake a seething demon. She'd found out only once that if they were sleeping, absolute silence was to be maintained. The heat made it harder to breath and made it harder to stay awake. She couldn't sleep either, the demons didn't allow it unless they said so, and it wasn't much, only a few minutes at the most she'd guessed. Her tattered clothing blew loosely in the heated wind. She had on the same clothes she had been dragged here in, and she'd long since grown out of them. She never got anything to eat so they hung loosely around her thin frame. She blinked her eyes tiredly and leaned her head back against the dirty wall. The demons drooled, black liquid dripping from their mouths as they slept. She threw her gaze downward as a single tear fell from her eye.

This place was horrible, and all she wanted to do was go home. Murdoc needed to hurry.

(Murdoc)

"Fuck! Everything looks the same!" Murdoc yelled in anger as he kicked at a rock in the sand. He ran a shaky hand through his dampened black hair and squinted to see through the thick smoke that surrounded him.

Only a few trees were around here, some just stumps but all of them were blackened making them somewhat easier to spot. This place was huge, and he'd managed to avoid a lot of the people sentenced here, all begging him to get them out of here, typical pleas of the damned and whatnot. The only thing was he had yet to see an actual demon. Last time he had been swarmed with them,and killed a lot of them off. Demon blood burned human skin, and smelled horrible. Their claws were the worst feature though.

He had the scars to prove that little theory. Walking over by a blackened stump, he dug around the bottom of it to mark it. Luckily it wasn't one he had already been to,that meant hopefully he was getting somewhere. He sat on the stump and wiped the sweat from his brow. There was an ominous feeling in the air and Murdoc wasn't unaware of it, in fact it was like he could smell it. He had the same feeling here as he did in the car park, the feeling that something was watching him, boring holes into his back. This was Hell after all. All things evil and worse lurked here, this was their domain. The sound of heavy and raspy breathing filled the air over the sounds of the boiling hot lava that poured through cracks in the ground. But it stopped almost as soon as it began.

He looked around cautiously through the smoke to see if there was anything out of the ordinary,but everything was as it had been. Taking in a breath to calm his pounding heart, he gripped his sword tightly. Then again the breathing started again, this time closer to his ears. He wiped around only to waft some smoke, and sighed to himself again. But by then something sharp pierced his stomach. He looked down in pain and shock before pulling it out. It was dripping a white liquid. Hell began to tilt a little and his lungs felt like they were filling with water, making it impossible to breath. He grasped at his chest feebly if trying to stop whatever was happening to him but his legs gave out from under him and he collapsed to the ground. He looked up into glowing red eyes, and sharp teeth driping with black blood. He crashed to the ground breathing in the sand, and everything went black.

(Russel - Kong)

He flipped through the London Times absentmindedly. He didn't know when the last time he'd talked to that selfish bastard. He'd gone an' done it the time he'd come back without Noodle.

Did he even care?

Russel crunched the paper in his hands as Murdoc's ugly mug flashed through his mind.

Innocent little Noodle was in the place where Murdoc himself deserved to be and yet he came back here, without her. She would be turning 20 in a few weeks, and Russel was still preparing everything as if she would be there in Kong on her birthday. Murdoc had a lot of nerve staying there now, and Russel had lost all if any respect he'd ever had for the greasy bassist. 2D had been hauled up in his room now for two hours without coming out, and Russel had an ounce of worry for him.

Throwing the newspaper in the trash the large man got up and walked out to the car park. He knocked twice before hearing the bolts click open and a dreary eyed 2D looked up at him.

"Wot,wot's the matt'r." Russel raised an eyebrow at the man's tone. He sounded worried and sad.

"Nuthin' I was jus' comin' to check up on ya, make sure no zombie's found away in here somehow." Russel chuckled waiting for 2D to as well, but he just stared through him it seemed.

" 'Fanks Russ, I'm fine. Nofin' to worry about." He went to close the door but Russel big hand stopped it.

"D, there's somethin the matter and it's bothering you, tell me now 'cause I ain't gonna leave until yah do. Has Muds hurt you, I'll beat hi-"

"NO Russ," 2D waved his hands frantically at Russel. "Murdoc hasn't touched me, I'm fine really." 2D squeaked. Russel put his hands on his hips showing 2D he wasn't going to give up that easy.

"Where is he by the way, I haven't seen him all day." He said pushing into 2D's room and looking around. 2D ringed his hands together and sat on his bed keeping his gaze downcast. Russel noticed this and cleared his throat.

"2D," He asked sounding stern, "where is he?" 2D finally looked up vacantly at Russel.

" 'e went back to 'ell to get Noodle."

Well, well the turn things are taking. Until next time. :)